The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-01-14
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latest thing In Canada. II Is yer,
popular.
Ohatsworth, ILL.,, Is proud OF one 0
It's citizens, who at the age OF nlnet,
is cutting her third set OF teeth.
In one of the French schools there
u natural magnet which IL capable
Of llftiug four tImes ils own weight
A mathematician estimates that i
machine OF one-horse power would
keep 81 ,oOo,0 900 watches running.
A grizzly bear Weighing 1000
pounds,a and measuring eighteen feel
from tip TO tip, was recently killed In
the mountains near Heppner, or. -...s.. -.
Mra. Eben Brown OF Chesterfield
Factory, N. IL, has In her posssssIou
q woven coverIet that has been IN use
over 200 wears, and Il still Ia good
condition.
Electro plating with silver upon
wood Is now successfully performed,
the process being adapted 10 handles
Of aII kinds, including canes aud um.
breIla sticks.
Dr. i. g. Jansway Of New York
city, acting on the suggestion Of q
country practitioners, has given frozen
milk to patients whose stomachs did
not tolerate lee cream, and speaks
highly Of Its use In towers.
An English wig maker has invent
ed "a electric hat, which he claims
IL . perfect euro for nervous heai j.
aches and neuralgia. The apparatus
consists OF small battery placed In
side The lining Of an ordinary silk
hat, with tho fat terminals outside
the lining, 70 that whsn tho hat Il
put oa . current of electricity passes
between the terminals and dIlIuses
Itself all over the weafer's head.
The jOurnalof the Chemical Society
states that OF some eighteen varieties
Of cheese experimental with, Ched-
dar was dIgested In the shortest sime.
namely, four hours, while nnripe,
skim, Swiss cheese required ten
hours for solution. There appears 10
be- no difference In the dIgestlhillty
Of all sorts OF hard cheese, or all solt
cheese bat all fat cheeses are dis
solved the mos. rapidly, because, be-
log open by reason OF tho fat, they
ere the more readily attacked by the
solvent. Taere eeens TO be no con.
nection between the d!gestlhilIsy and
the percentage OF waterlpresent in,the
cheese, though there IL some conDec-
tIon with the percentage Of fat and
the degree OF ripeness. From num-
erous examinations which have been
made OF the quantity OF nitrogen dis
solved, II II concluded that cheese,
on account Of It's great dIgestlbIiity,
Ii the most nourIshing of all foods,
meats and eggs excepted.
Perhsps there IL not the remotest
corner or little inlet oF the minute
blood vessels OF the body that does
not feel some wavelet from the great
convulsIon produced By hearty
laughter shaking the central man.
The blood moves more lively proba
bly, lts chemical, electric or vital con
dItlons are distinctly modified. I
conveys . different impression 10 al
the organs Of the body, as Il visit
them on that particular mysti
Journey, when the man Ia laughing
from what Il does at other times
And thus Il ls that good Iaugl
| lengthens mans life by conveying
a distinct and additional stlmulus 4
The vital forces. The time may conn
when physicians, attending NOR
closely than they do now 10 the In
Vulnerable subtle influences whicl
the soul exerts upon Its tenement q
clay, shall prescribe to the torpid pa
tlent, $50 many peals OF laughter, !
be undergone at such and such
| tIme," Just as they do that for NOR
Objectionable prescriptions pill, Q
an electric or gaIvanic shock.